trade representative ron kirk, appointed by president obama. the newly revealed terms contradict promises obama made while running for president in 2008. when campaign document read in part -- >> earlier leaks from the draft trans pacific purchase agreement exposed how it included rules that could increase the cost of medication and make participating countries adopt restrictive copyright measures. no one from the office was able to join this but in a statement they said -- for more we're joined by lori wallach, director of the public citizen's global trade watch. the leaked documents were posted on her organization's website early wednesday morning. welcome to "democracy now!" explain what the documents show and what this agreement is about. >> it has been branded as a trade agreement, that really is forcible corporate global government. the agreement requires every signatory country conform all of its laws, regulations, and administrative procedures to what are 26 chapters of comprehensive rules but only two of which have anything to do with

japan's trade minister yukio edano spoke with ron kirk on monday on the conditions under which japan could participate in the talks. the two officials met on the sidelines of the gathering of apec trade ministers in the central russian city of kazan. kirk reiterated that further liberalization of japan's markets inhree categories which are vehicles insurance and beef is a prerequisite for japan joining the tpp negotiations. >> translator: the u.s. request comes from various centers. but japan and the u.s. have agreed to continue talks based on mutual consideration. >> the tpp is seen as a step toward achieving economically liberalized trade in the asia pacific region. meanwhile, in tokyo, japan's new agriculture minister says the government needs to provide the public with more detailed explanations before deciding to take part in tpp negotiations. >> translator: sufficient information has not yet been disclosed. i think the government needs to create more national discussion. >> we are seeing a bit of a rebound on tokyo stock markets this morning. i'll leave you with a check on thos

c r ron kirk and acting commerce secretary blank are there now but a range of other things. assistant secretary for the middle east and counter terrorism matters and economic and business and so on and so on. a lot of things going on that gives a different fabric to our relationship. and west i think turkish leaders came to value somewhat more than they did earlier in this decade or in previous decades the value of a close relationship with the united states that bears success. i would apply this to the present government. their success regionally depended in some significant measure on having a good relationship with the united states. what can go wrong? there is what. some of that has been talked about in portions of this that i missed but to identify a few things. whatever happens in our presidential election will almost certainly be very significant personnel changes throughout the hierarchy of people, particularly civilian officials for that deal with turkey. i would say that even if president obama is reelected. follow the pattern in 2008 -- 2005. a whole series of app

ron kirk and acting commerce secretary, but a whole range of other things, assistant secretary for the middle east and secretary for counterterrorism matters, for economic and business, so on and so on, but a lot of things going on that i think it gives a different kind of fabric to our relationship. lester i think that turkish leaders came to value somewhat more than they did earlier in this decade were in previous decades, the value of a close relationship with the united states that their success -- and here i would apply this to the present government, their success regionally dependent in some significant measure on having a good relationship with the united states. what can go wrong? well, there is a lot. i'm sure some of that has been talked about in portions of this dynasty. but just to identify a few things. whatever happens in a presidential election, there will almost certainly be very significant personnel changes throughout the hierarchy. a whole series of appointments under the secretary of state in all likelihood, that will introduce some personal discontinuities that ar

>> the office of the trade representative -- >> bill: ron kirk. >> ron kirk and his office has decidedt senator widen shouldn't see it and this all came to a head when security widen's staff got security clearance and wanted to see the text which has been the past practice. if congressional staff any member of congress isn't able to see it and if staff got clearance and signed agreement not to disclose, they could see it. they were denied for tpp. >> bill: the white house must go along with it. >> it is unclear if it had come to the attention of the white house. i suspect at this point it is now at their attention. >> bill: ron kirk plays golf with the president. i was just -- maybe they talked about it on the back nine. all right. before we take a break, we'll take your calls when we come back at 1-866-55-press. if you want to weigh in on this or maybe you are concerned about it or just finding out about it, this is the mother of all trade deals. it sounds like. so this part that was leaked about investment. just in a minute, tell us why -- what was so bad about what was leaked? >> he